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JACI Highlights - February 2007
Buchanan et al - Egg oral immunotherapy in non-anaphylactic egg-allergic children
There is no current active treatment for food allergy. Traditional injection immunotherapy has been proven unsafe for treating food allergy. In the January 2007 issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Buchanan and colleagues study the safety and immunologic effects of egg oral immunotherapy. They found that egg oral immunotherapy can be safely used for egg-allergic patients without a history of anaphylaxis to egg. Egg oral immunotherapy does not heighten sensitivity to egg and may protect from reaction on accidental ingestion. Use of food oral immunotherapy to protect patients from reaction to foods on accidental ingestion would represent a significant improvement in the treatment of food allergy.
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